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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: "B-HEBREW" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Re[2]: Theophoric names for women? (to Ian)
  • Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:41:00 +1100


Ian Hutchesson wrote:

> [...] Were there or were
> there not names with an Asherah component? That's what interests me.

Is "Asherah" to be taken as a proper name in the true sense? It means
something like
"blessed" or "fortunate" or "sacred" or something like that. It seems to be a
descriptive
title more than an actual name. For that reason, you might not find the name
as a
theophoric element in personal names. It might be a little like someone today
calling
their daughter "Blessed Virgin" rather than "Mary" (not the best parallel,
but it makes
the point)

Best regards,
George Athas
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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